Recent progress on visible-light-driven metal and non-metal doped ZnO nanostructures for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

FM Sanakousar, CC Vidyasagar… - Materials science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic pollutants are chemical compounds that are resistant to degradation in the
environment and that treatment methods may not be able to completely remove. Both …

ZnO-based heterostructures as photocatalysts for hydrogen generation and depollution: a review

P Dhiman, G Rana, A Kumar, G Sharma… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Energy shortage and escalating pollution are major challenges globally. Heterogeneous
photocatalysis is one of the most cost-effective methods for producing renewable energy …

Dissection of the antibacterial mechanism of zinc oxide nanoparticles with manipulable nanoscale morphologies

X Zhu, J Wang, L Cai, Y Wu, M Ji, H Jiang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the extensive uses of ZnO nanoparticles as promising antimicrobial agents to tackle
the severe microbial infections, the systematic antibacterial studies on ZnO nanoparticles …

Nitrogen-doped simple and complex oxides for photocatalysis: A review

W Wang, MO Tadé, Z Shao - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Semiconductor-based photocatalysis plays a vital role in counteracting worldwide
environmental pollution and energy shortage. How to design a visible-light-active …

Modification of a Z-scheme ZnO-CuO nanocomposite by Ag loading as a highly efficient visible light photocatalyst

A Zare, A Saadati, S Sheibani - Materials Research Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper has conducted a comparative study between ZnO-CuO and ZnO-CuO-Ag
nanocomposites from a characterization and photodegradation mechanism point of view …

Design and tailoring of one-dimensional ZnO nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes: a review

M Samadi, M Zirak, A Naseri, M Kheirabadi… - Research on Chemical …, 2019 - Springer
Photocatalysis using semiconductors has emerged as a promising wastewater treatment
process to overcome the major challenges faced by conventional technologies. The …

UV photochromism in transition metal oxides and hybrid materials

ABA Kayani, S Kuriakose, M Monshipouri, FA Khalid… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Limited levels of UV exposure can be beneficial to the human body. However, the UV
radiation present in the atmosphere can be damaging if levels of exposure exceed safe …

Recent trend in visible-light photoelectrocatalytic systems for degradation of organic contaminants in water/wastewater

MG Peleyeju, OA Arotiba - Environmental Science: Water Research & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical advanced oxidation process and heterogeneous photocatalysis have
received great attention in the last few years as alternative/complementary water treatment …

[PDF][PDF] Zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesis methods and its effect on morphology: A review

EK Droepenu, BS Wee, SF Chin… - … Res. Appl. Chem, 2022 - biointerfaceresearch.com
Zinc oxide is an important material with numerous applications due to its unique properties.
Due to their thermal and chemical stability are used in wide applications such as LEDs …

Impact of the NiO nanostructure morphology on the oxygen evolution reaction catalysis

VD Silva, TA Simões, JPF Grilo, ES Medeiros… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is still a barrier to energy generation technologies,
motivating the development of new strategies to the rational use of electrodes for OER. This …